Judge the difference for yourself Nov 24, 2009
BY The way, how many of you are happy about the Government sanctioned RATIONING in the area of breast and cervix cancer screening that was announced last week. " Conservatarian wrote on Nov 21, 2009 9:07 PM:" zod the Godless - you do realize that FDR got us into WW2 & Truman dropped the only nukes ever on another nation. (Cameron Observer, MO)
Letter Cancer Services Program thanks partners with screening Nov 24, 2009
Letter Cancer Services Program thanks partners with screening ... Published: Thursday, November 19, 2009 7:12 AM EST I would like to publicly thank the Columbia Memorial Medical Imaging Department, along with Columbia Memorial Surgical Associates, for partnering with the Cancer Services Program of Columbia & Greene Counties for the Free Breast Screening Night held on Oct. 29, 2009 at Columbia Memorial Hospital ... Columbia Memorial Medical Imaging and Surgical Associates contacted our... (Hudson Register Star, NY)
Newton's laws of commotion Nov 24, 2009
The unauthorised cameos have spawned much interest in France, after initially passing largely unnoticed following the November 15 screening in the US.. STAY IN TOUCH. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Who has to sacrifice? Women, of course Nov 24, 2009
According to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, the benefits of screening are supposedly outweighed by the potential for unnecessary tests and procedures and the anxiety they might cause ... That, in turn, creates a two-tier health care system: those who can afford to pay for screening on their own, and those who can't. (Albany Times Union)
Former NIH chief: Ignore new mammogram guideline Nov 24, 2009
Longtime guidelines have said women should have regular mammogram screening after age 40. Healy says that if the new guidelines are followed, more women will die of breast cancer. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
New view on mammograms Nov 24, 2009
After years of dutifully showing up for their annual mammograms, women in their 40s were advised this week by a federal panel on preventive health not to bother with the routine screenings ... This comes two years after the American Cancer Society reported that deaths from breast cancer had been falling 2 percent a year since 1990, a drop it attributed to widespread screening ... The task force was right to bring questions about routine screening into public debate. (Juneau Empire)
COLUMN: Task force puts boobs front and center for public conversation Nov 24, 2009
The doctors and scientists on this government task force concluded that early and annual breast cancer screenings often is harmful to women, causing unnecessary false alarms and unneeded biopsies and yet not substantially improving women s odds of surviving a cancer diagnosis ... According to Dr. Otis Brawley, the American Cancer Society s chief medical officer, the government panel s suggestion to delay mammograms is based on its conclusion that screening 1,300 women in their 50s to save one... (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
No Immediate Changes Expected in Mammogram Coverage Nov 24, 2009
Health plans say routine screening is an individual decision ... A firestorm set off this week by a federal task force recommendation against "routine screening" of women under 50 is not likely to spur hasty changes in coverage policies, experts say ... It used to recommend those screenings for women in their 40s. (MEDLINEplus)
Breast Cancer Survivors Protest New Guidelines Nov 24, 2009
It recommends against routine mammography screening for women ages 40 to 49 ... For women 50 to 75, the panel advises screening every other year. (W-USA News, DC)
Is Female Health Care Under Attack for the Second Time in a Week? Nov 24, 2009
On Monday, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommended that doctors delay mammography screening for breast cancer until the age of 50 ... In what some see as further attack on women s health care, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommended Thursday that women delay cervical cancer exams, also called Pap smears, until the age of 21 and that women younger than 30 undergo cervical cancer screening once every two years instead of an annual exam ... I ve only seen two... (Fox News)
Brief Intervention Works for Drivers Who Persist in Driving While Intoxicated Nov 23, 2009
17, 2009) Web-based screening and personalized interventions for alcohol use may reduce drinking in undergraduate students, according to a new. (May 12, 2008) While many people believe that alcohol-impaired drivers are usually alcoholics, in fact, 80 percent of AI incidents are caused by binge drinkers. (Science Daily)
Sicko will be part of colleges health care debate Monday Nov 23, 2009
Students and the community are invited to a free screening of Michael Moore s documentary Sicko in Eden Hall 1, Southwestern Oregon Community College, 1988 Newmark Ave. Doors open at 6:45 p.m. for the 7 p.m. event that is scheduled to last approximately two and a half hours. The film will be followed by a debate on health care between SOCC instructors Fred Brick and Christina Alexander. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Read Chris Wallace's interview Nov 23, 2009
CHRIS WALLACE, HOST: In the fight over health care reform this week, two new cancer screening studies became part of the argument ... And then an association of medical experts said women could delay their first screening for cervical cancer until age 21 and then be re-screened less often ... DR. BERNADINE HEALY, FORMER HEAD OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH: I think she should stick with the existing guidelines that come out of the medical professional organizations and have been in place... (Fox News)
Former U.S. Health Official Favors Existing Mammogram Guidelines Nov 23, 2009
Bernadine Healy, former director of the National Institutes of Health, said Sunday on Fox News Sunday that women should follow existing guidelines for mammograms, but should pay attention to new recommendations for cervical cancer screening ... "I think (women) should stick with the existing guidelines that come out of the medical professional organizations and have been in place for a long time, which is start your screening at age 40; if you are concerned about a risk, maybe a baseline... (KWTX.com, TX)
The Young Pro Nov 23, 2009
Thursday, January 1, 2009 2:28 PM EST. Harkins is The Citizen's innovation coordinator, an active member of the IGNITE young professionals group in Cayuga County and is always happy to hear from fellow young pros. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Report: 20-somethings can go two years between Paps Nov 23, 2009
Women with HIV, other immune-weakening conditions or previous cervical abnormalities may need more frequent screening ... Moreover, ACOG cited studies showing no increased risk of cancer developing in women in their 20s if they extended Pap screening from every year to every two years. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Guidelines for cancer screening differ by group Nov 23, 2009
Several doctors groups and advocacy groups set guidelines for cancer screening, and they update that advice periodically as new information emerges ... The latest advice from the major medical groups for routine screening primarily for people who don t have a family history of a particular cancer or other risk factors ... Cancer Society: No routine testing recommended; doctors should discuss benefits and limitations, and offer screening a physical exam and blood test for a substance called PSA... (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
COLUMN: Task force puts boobs front and center for public conversation Nov 23, 2009
The doctors and scientists on this government task force concluded that early and annual breast cancer screenings often is harmful to women, causing unnecessary false alarms and unneeded biopsies and yet not substantially improving women s odds of surviving a cancer diagnosis ... According to Dr. Otis Brawley, the American Cancer Society s chief medical officer, the government panel s suggestion to delay mammograms is based on its conclusion that screening 1,300 women in their 50s to save one... (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
JCC branch opens in Palm Beach Gardens Nov 23, 2009
Other events throughout the day included a Palm Beach Jewish Film Festival short movie screening, a Fire and Ice Mad Science Show, a Mommy and Me Yoga demo, and children's soccer and baseball clinics. Face painters, balloon artists and kosher food vendors also were featured throughout the carnival-like setting. (The Palm Beach Post)
Mammogram guidelines spark debate over bill Nov 23, 2009
WASHINGTON Lawmakers broke along party lines on a new aspect of the health care debate Sunday as a former National Institutes of Health chief urged women to ignore guidelines that delay the start of breast cancer screenings ... A government-appointed panel said last week that women generally should begin routine mammograms in their 50s, rather than their 40s sparking cries of outrage and claims a taxpayer-funded health care option wouldn't pay for the screenings ... " She said it will provide... (The Palm Beach Post)
First U.S. Uterus Transplant Planned Nov 23, 2009
A team based in Manhattan has begun screening women left barren by cancer, injuries or other problems who want a chance to bear their own children. "The desire to have a child is a tremendous driving force for many women," said Giuseppe Del Priore of the New York Downtown Hospital, who is leading the team. (Yahoo News -- Women's Issues)
Health Q&A: Cutting through breast-cancer confusion Nov 23, 2009
Researchers for more than a decade have questioned the value of routine breast-cancer screening for women under 50, who stand to reap less benefit and more harm from mammograms than older women. As public reaction roiled on last week, federal health authorities on Wednesday attempted to assuage the widespread anxiety by stressing that the guidelines were merely advisory and that screening decisions are best left up to women and their doctors ... Q: How can less screening possibly be a good... (Longview Daily News, WA)
Mammography Guidelines a Glimpse Behind Dems' Health Care Plans, GOP SaysDemocrats say recommendations aren't binding, HHS says ignore them. Nov 23, 2009
Controversial new breast cancer screening recommendations are being used as a political football in the health care debate, with Republicans calling them an example of the type of government "rationing" and control over individuals' health decisions that would take place if Democrats succeed in passing a health care reform bill ... issued Monday recommend "against routine screening mammography in women aged 40 to 49 years." ... "For biennial screening mammography in women aged 40 to 49 years,... (ABC News)
37 comments Nov 23, 2009
Rationing is in there facilitated by the comparative effectiveness research we all got a first-hand look at when new guidelines were issued for breast cancer screening this week. In the not too distant future, should the Democrats government takeover of health care pass, these will be mandates replacing the guidelines. (Human Events Online)
Questions at vaccination clinics Nov 23, 2009
Marion Boyer of Maxim Healthcare was in charge of screening everyone in line. Were trained how to give vaccinations each flu season, she said. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
New mammogram guidelines cause uproar in U.S. Nov 23, 2009
BEIJING, Nov. 23 (Xinhuanet) -- New breast cancer screening guidelines have caused uproar between scientists and health policy experts in the United States ... Current estimates are that screening test only reduces the death rate by 15 percent, and screening leads to false positives and unnecessary biopsies. (Xinhuanet, China)
Movember is for jerks Nov 23, 2009
Extensive PSA screening in other countries has meant a 40 per cent fall in the mortality rate. Phillip Stricker, Sydney's premier prostate surgeon, who has seen more male willies than Pamela Anderson, has written that early aggressive treatment is likely to save lives. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Patient trapped in a 23-year 'coma' was conscious all along... Nov 23, 2009
Dr Laureys was not available for comment yesterday and it is not clear why he thought Mr Houben should have the hi-tech screening when so many years had passed. Explore more. (The Drudge Report)
Electronic Privacy Information Center: Privacy Nov 23, 2009
Plans were announced by the Transportation Security Administration to propose the trial use of backscatter x-ray for passenger screening at several U.S. airports ... Information about the passenger prescreening program Secure Flight, which EPIC deems fundamentally flawed. (Yahoo News -- Online Privacy)
Another View: Lets stick with mammograms Nov 23, 2009
This development has once again raised a heated public discourse on the benefits, risks and harms of breast cancer screening ... When experts talk about the harms of screening, they mean things such as having additional tests to better identify what seems to be an abnormality ... Those studies show much stronger benefits from screening compared with the limited data examined by the task force. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
To screen or not to screen Nov 23, 2009
said Robert Smith, director of cancer screening at the American Cancer Society ... They recommend against routine mammograms for women in their 40s, saying regular screening should start at 50 ... It could reach no conclusion about the value of screening in women older than 74. (Boston Globe)
Elimination: Ethical nightmare Nov 23, 2009
Genetic screening of human embryos may eventually eradicate inherited diseases ranging from breast cancer to cystic fibrosis ... Genetic screening of human embryos may eventually eradicate inherited diseases ranging from breast cancer to cystic fibrosis. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
New baseline of opinion on health care Nov 23, 2009
"Screening should maybe be available for all people.". Barely 12 hours after Clinton unveiled his plan in 1993, Rhonda Yeagerwas treated to a personal sales job by then-Treasury secretary on the concrete production floor at Philadelphia's Stockwell Rubber. (USA Today -- News)
Mammogram recommendation becoming pink-ribbon issue Nov 23, 2009
The independent panel suggested last week that doctors stop routinely performing mammograms on most women under 50 and instead let women make up their own minds about the risks and benefits of the screening tests ... For two decades, Visco says, cancer groups have oversold and oversimplified the benefits of early detection to get women to follow their advice about breast screening ... "To say 'screening saves lives' is a shortcut," he says. (USA Today -- News)
Bypassing the Blues: Telephone Treatment for Depression Post-Bypass Surgery Improves Quality of Life Nov 23, 2009
"Dozens of studies have described a link between depression and heart disease, and the most recent science advisory from the American Heart Association recommends screening patients with heart disease for depression," said Bruce Rollman, M.D., M.P.H., associate professor of medicine and psychiatry, Center for Research on Health Care, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and the study's principal investigator. "However, few depression treatment trials have involved cardiac patients and... (Science Daily)
Airport test to stop arrival of Sars and flu 'pointless' Nov 23, 2009
Screening for flu or Sars at UK airports to try to stop a pandemic taking hold in Britain will not work, warns an article in this week's British Medical Journal. Many people could be incubating the infection when tested but not show positive results because flight times are not long enough to allow flu or Sars to develop to the point of detection. (Yahoo News -- SARS)
New Mammogram Advice Raises Concerns Nov 22, 2009
"This is one screening test I recommend unequivocally, and would recommend to any woman 40 and over," the society's chief medical officer, Dr. Otis Brawley, said in a statement ... S. Preventive Services Task Force, a government panel of doctors and scientists, concluded that such early and frequent screenings often lead to false alarms and unneeded biopsies, without substantially improving women's odds of survival ... "The benefits are less and the harms are greater when screening starts in the... (Fox News)
Local OB GYNS Concerned About Pap Test Guidelines Nov 22, 2009
"The age at which girls are becoming sexually active is younger, and so we're talking about a significant amount of time when they won't have any cervical cancer screenings," says Dr. Yoon ... Dr. Yoon says her patients feel confused by the new guidelines for pap tests and breast screenings ... The new cervical cancer screening guides and the breast screening guidelines announced earlier this week are a main concern for women is insurance and whether screenings for both will continued to be... (W-USA News, DC)
Scan could cut breast removal ops Nov 22, 2009
Combining both XRM and MRI screening methods, enabled the detection of 94% of tumours. MRI screening was particularly effective for women known to carry the BRCA1 gene mutation - detecting 92% of tumours, whereas XRM only detected 23 ... Lead researcher Professor Martin Leach said: "This study demonstrates that MRI screening is almost twice as sensitive as traditional X-ray mammography in identifying tumours in women of this age group at high genetic risk. It is important to remember that... (BBC News)
COLUMN: Task force puts boobs front and center for public conversation Nov 22, 2009
The doctors and scientists on this government task force concluded that early and annual breast cancer screenings often is harmful to women, causing unnecessary false alarms and unneeded biopsies and yet not substantially improving women s odds of surviving a cancer diagnosis ... According to Dr. Otis Brawley, the American Cancer Society s chief medical officer, the government panel s suggestion to delay mammograms is based on its conclusion that screening 1,300 women in their 50s to save one... (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Electronic Privacy Information Center: Privacy Nov 22, 2009
Plans were announced by the Transportation Security Administration to propose the trial use of backscatter x-ray for passenger screening at several U.S. airports ... Information about the passenger prescreening program Secure Flight, which EPIC deems fundamentally flawed. (Yahoo News -- Online Privacy)
Sonoma School Gardens fundraiser Nov 22, 2009
Monday night's screening of "It Happened One Night" by the Sebastiani Theatre Foundation and its advisory committee was a huge hit. I ran into Robin Lyon at Safeway prior to the event, all dressed up for the occasion in her mother's coat and grandmother's hat. (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
Free screenings! Nov 22, 2009
On November 21 from 8:30am to 12:00pm, the at the Palm Healthcare Pavilion (5205 Greenwood Avenue in West Palm Beach), is offering free glucose screenings, risk assessments for diabetes, and blood pressure checks ... Contact us to schedule a free glucose screening test during the month of November ... Or call 561-803-8880 and schedule an appointment at the Diabetes Education and Research Center at the Palm Healthcare Pavilion for a free glucose screening test during the month of November. (The Palm Beach Post)
Another View: Lets stick with mammograms Nov 22, 2009
This development has once again raised a heated public discourse on the benefits, risks and harms of breast cancer screening ... When experts talk about the harms of screening, they mean things such as having additional tests to better identify what seems to be an abnormality ... Those studies show much stronger benefits from screening compared with the limited data examined by the task force. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Designing principles at birth of a new era Nov 22, 2009
Genetic screening of human embryos may eventually eradicate inherited diseases ranging from breast cancer to cystic fibrosis ... GENETIC screening of human embryos may eventually eradicate inherited diseases ranging from breast cancer to cystic fibrosis. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
The Young Pro Nov 22, 2009
Thursday, January 1, 2009 2:28 PM EST. Harkins is The Citizen's innovation coordinator, an active member of the IGNITE young professionals group in Cayuga County and is always happy to hear from fellow young pros. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Sicko will be part of colleges health care debate Monday Nov 22, 2009
Students and the community are invited to a free screening of Michael Moore s documentary Sicko in Eden Hall 1, Southwestern Oregon Community College, 1988 Newmark Ave. Doors open at 6:45 p.m. for the 7 p.m. event that is scheduled to last approximately two and a half hours. The film will be followed by a debate on health care between SOCC instructors Fred Brick and Christina Alexander. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
MRI ordered, payment denied: Hampton woman an example of health care debate Nov 22, 2009
It seems like more lobbying and stuff from the health insurance industry so they can save money," said Hayden, who works two jobs to make ends meet. "If my mother had early screening, she might have lived ... BCBSIL medical policy suggests short interval follow-up with diagnostic mammography, consistent with national cancer screening guidelines," Schultz explained."These insurance companies need to be held liable for preventing doctors from using the best possible tools for early detection,"... (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Airport test to stop arrival of Sars and flu 'pointless' Nov 22, 2009
Screening for flu or Sars at UK airports to try to stop a pandemic taking hold in Britain will not work, warns an article in this week's British Medical Journal. Many people could be incubating the infection when tested but not show positive results because flight times are not long enough to allow flu or Sars to develop to the point of detection. (Yahoo News -- SARS)
Early screening still saves lives Nov 22, 2009
But when it comes to breast cancer, statistics suggest a clear, if modest, benefit to screenings at earlier ages. The American Cancer Society and the American Medical Association still recommend annual screenings beginning at age 40 ... The task force determined that screening 1,900 women over the course of a decade would prevent one cancer death. (Boston Globe)
Late TV listings Nov 22, 2009
Topics: the health care reform bill; controversy over new breast cancer screening guidelines. Guests: Senators Dick Durbin of Illinois, Dianne Feinstein of California, Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas, and Joe Lieberman of Connecticut; Nancy Brinker, founder of Susan G. Komen for the Cure; and Dr. Nancy Snyderman, NBC News chief medical editor. (Boston Globe)
Read the story Nov 22, 2009
Dr. Jon LaPook Addresses New Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines ... (CBS) The new breast cancer screening guidelines announced November 16th by the U.S Preventive Services Task Force have sparked widespread anger and confusion ... The big question is: What screening tests are "worth it" and how do we define "worth it?". (CBS News -- Evening News)
Travolta Appears At Fundraiser In Fla. Hometown Nov 22, 2009
-- John Travolta and his family made their first public appearance in their adopted Florida hometown since his son's death, helping raise thousands of dollars for charity at a screening of the actor's new comedy Friday night. Travolta, wife Kelly Preston and daughter Ella Bleu greeted hundreds of fans for a sneak preview of Disney's "Old Dogs," which opens Wednesday. (Click2Houston, TX)
Letter Cancer Services Program thanks partners with screening Nov 22, 2009
Letter Cancer Services Program thanks partners with screening ... Published: Thursday, November 19, 2009 7:12 AM EST I would like to publicly thank the Columbia Memorial Medical Imaging Department, along with Columbia Memorial Surgical Associates, for partnering with the Cancer Services Program of Columbia & Greene Counties for the Free Breast Screening Night held on Oct. 29, 2009 at Columbia Memorial Hospital ... Columbia Memorial Medical Imaging and Surgical Associates contacted our... (Hudson Register Star, NY)
Public Health: Harried help for H1N1 Nov 22, 2009
Imagine making 380 appointments, involving screening conversations with every single one, and then imagine all those children and their parents in line with quarter-hour time slots per small group. Then imagine those groups being allowed upstairs to the clinic room, as spaced allowed. (Kingston Mariner, MA)
Central Pa. hospital system won't hire smokers Nov 22, 2009
Susquehanna Health spokeswoman Tracy Witter says all job applicants will have to pass a nicotine screening, in addition to the current drug test ... An applicant who fails the screening could reapply for a job in 90 days. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
McCain takes up 'death panel' charge on floor Nov 22, 2009
"She is a breast cancer survivor, diagnosed by a routine screening mammogram. And she was in her 40s when that mammogram was performed... It was a screening mammogram that saved her life.". A grinning McCain then asked, "You would not describe that as a death panel?". (TheHill.com)
Judge the difference for yourself Nov 22, 2009
BY The way, how many of you are happy about the Government sanctioned RATIONING in the area of breast and cervix cancer screening that was announced last week. " Conservatarian wrote on Nov 21, 2009 9:07 PM:" zod the Godless - you do realize that FDR got us into WW2 & Truman dropped the only nukes ever on another nation. (Cameron Observer, MO)
GOP Points to Cancer Recs, Calls It 'Rationing' Nov 22, 2009
Senate Bill Could Be Stalled Over Cancer Screening Confusion ... Women's cancer screening guidelines come as senate votes on health care reform ... Republicans seized on those concerns and are pointing to the cancer screening guidelines as a big "I told you so.". (ABC News)
The Maybe-Baby Dilemma Nov 22, 2009
Many local clinics don t facilitate donation themselves -- it requires screening tests and legal procedures -- but they will work with an agency like Nightlight that does. For Linda, who calls herself Catholic but prochoice, thinking about the process as adoption, and being able to choose the family, made it more compelling. (Boston Globe)
Breast cancer activists are walking the walk... Talk about hot pink. A strong undercurrent of anger ran beneath the sea of symbolic pink gear gracing thousands of people yesterday, on Day ... Nov 22, 2009
The experts in prevention and primary care advised that most women should start screening at 50 and have mammograms every two years, and that doctors should stop teaching women to examine their own breasts regularly. Its too early to tell what effect the change will have on insurance companies, doctors and policymakers, but panelists said the goal was to reduce harm from potential overtreatment and additional tests such as biopsies. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
First U.S. Uterus Transplant Planned Nov 22, 2009
A team based in Manhattan has begun screening women left barren by cancer, injuries or other problems who want a chance to bear their own children. "The desire to have a child is a tremendous driving force for many women," said Giuseppe Del Priore of the New York Downtown Hospital, who is leading the team. (Yahoo News -- Women's Issues)
Bulletin Board Nov 22, 2009
BLOOD PRESSURE CLINICS. The health department offers free blood pressure screenings in the office of the public health nurse at 90 Pond St. Tuesdays from 3 to 4 p.m. and Fridays from 9 to 10 a.m. ... Requirements for school entrance: birth certificate, vaccinations for diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough (Pertussis), Polio, measles, mumps, Rubella, Hepatitis B, chicken pox, evidence of having been screened for lead poisoning and a current physical examination, including vision screening. (Braintree Forum, MA)
Health providers, survivors dispute panels mammogram recommendation Nov 22, 2009
Mardis recommends that women who are 40 and older have annual mammograms, get annual clinical screenings and do breast self-examination to detect breast cancer at its early stages ... Published: Thursday, November 19, 2009 1:38 PM CST Mammography often is depicted as painful and stressful, but to a Keokuk breast cancer survivor, the screening is a life line well worth the trouble ... She and many others were surprised by recent advice issued Monday by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, a... (Keokuk Daily Gate City, IO)
Community Calendar and Area Events Nov 22, 2009
Free Blood Pressure Screening at LWMC ... Program, Lake Wales Medical Center will offer free blood pressure screenings from 9 to 11 a.m. The screenings will be offered in Room 201 of the Hunt Building at the hospital, 410 S. 11th St. Appointments are not necessary ... The free blood pressure screenings are offered twice per month. (Lake Wales News, FL)
